AMD to sell Austin campus

SAN FRANCISCO—Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) wants to sell its campus in Austin, Texas, and lease the facility back from a commercial real estate investor in an effort to raise cash, a company spokesperson said Tuesday (Nov. 27).

In an email exchange, the spokesperson said AMD intends to take advantage of "favorable economic conditions in the Austin Southwest office submarket" by offering the company's "Lone Star" campus for sale to reputable commercial investors, contingent on a multi-year leaseback deal.

"AMD’s management team believes this is a good business decision that is supportive of the company’s long term corporate strategy by enabling AMD to generate capital to apply to its business operations, as opposed to having it locked in real estate," the spokesman said.

More than 2,000 AMD employees work at the Austin campus. It is the company's single largest site in terms of number of employees.

The spokesman said AMD expects the 58-acre campus site to fetch $150 million to $200 million.

With a multi-year leaseback deal, AMD plans to remain a long-term tenant at the campus, the spokesman said. The action is expected to have no impact on employees or operations, the spokesman said.

I use to work for a large litho vendor installing machines worldwide. I was always surprised just how slow AMD worked compared to it's competition in Taiwan and Korea. Like 100X slower. It brings me no surprise that AMD are struggling in this saturated industry.

here we go. another american company is ready sell their assets to China, Taiwan, or Korea.
cheap, clean, perhaps free electricity and water from state....
I bet you ETeam got bonus for this great idea...